I had that same thing happen to me...but in my case I was trying to print on the wrong side of the glossy paper!

Marshall

Thanks, Scruples, Koyaanisqatsi looks like a very interesting movie. That title is a real mouthful, lol! Note that, if you are searching, to add that extra "a" or it won't come up.

Netflix has it only on DVD, so I've got it in my queue. It's also streamable on Hoopla, which our local lending library supports, and I'm going to try that, too.

Marshall

Jeez, Hal!

Have you come around?

Thanks for that info! W. Eugene Smith was a big influence on me back in the early 70's when photography was a bigger part of my life. His WWII photographs from the South Pacific, where my father served, are stunning...and heart-breaking.

There is a big book by Jim Hughes about his life and work, too.( W. Eugene Smith. The Life and Work of an American Photographer. Shadow and Substance Hughes, Jim [Eugene Smith]) I've got it somewhere, and plan to hunt it up and reread after I've watched this doc.

Here's where I found that documentary could be seen:

Thanks again,

Marshall

100% agree, that's a wonderful documentary! The scene where the octopus uses shells to camouflage himself is by itself enough reason to watch this video.

UHH had some posts about this a while back, and I believe there were some suggestions on how to watch it if you don't have Netflix.

https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-671280-2.html

Marshall

Saw this on the way home today after Friday's grocery shopping...


LonglickPike20Nov2020 by Marshall Smith, on Flickr


Marshall

To tell the truth, I don't either. I can see it in the paper print, but not on a screen.

Marshall

My image of a Great Blue Heron from 2016 came came up on a random-generated album set on Flickr, and I had the idea to rework it using Topaz Gigapixel to see what difference it would make.

I downloaded my image from Flickr, then opened it in Gigapixel set to 6X. The result was a file (45.98 MB) that I then downsized to make it the same size as the original.

Here is the Flickr download:

GreatBlueHeron15Jun2016 by Marshall Smith, on Flickr


And here is the Gigapixel file as on Flicker:

gpGreatBlueHeron15Jun2016Flickr-gigapixel by Marshall Smith, on Flickr


I also printed both files to the full width of 19" on my Canon P-100 printer. I clearly prefer the Topaz version, but the difference is slight on that size print. Might make a bigger visual difference on say a 36" wide print.

This is an update to my original post. Not sure why the download versions won't show up bigger for evaluation, since I checked store original on both of them.

Marshall

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I saw a video the other day from a guy who had set his treadmill in the driveway to convey firewood thru a basement window into his house.

The weather has been fairly mild here in KY, for November, but last Thursday we had a hard frost.

All our feeders are around the deck off our living room, and we have a homemade bubbling water feature just outside the patio door on the wall at the electrical outlet. And it has a bucket heater in it.

Cedar Waxwings are not normally feeder birds, and while they are seen occasionally in our yard I have never seen one at a feeder. Imagine my surprise when I noticed movement out there and saw that little water bubbler just jammed with them! About a dozen nearby in a flock, and five or six of those took turns at the water at a time. All their regular water sources must have been frozen over.

I was able to get a few shots with the lens I keep on my camera (100-400mm w/1.4X TC) and through the screen door before they saw me inside and flew off.

I can't recommend this lens combo at this distance, and using a Screen Door Filter, but at least I was there and could witness a wonderful Nature moment...


CedarWaxwings12Nov2020_079A by Marshall Smith, on Flickr


CedarWaxwings12Nov2020_071A by Marshall Smith, on Flickr


CedarWaxwings12Nov2020_063B by Marshall Smith, on Flickr


After the water action was over I was able to get the door open and get a shot of one in a nearby tree off the deck.


CedarWaxwing12Nov2020_106 by Marshall Smith, on Flickr


A poster to our local birder Facebook group found a feather on the ground and asked what bird it came from. It was a Cedar Waxwing wing feather, with that distinctive red highlight on the end, a definitive ID point for a beautiful bird.


Marshall

Don't let Trump close to that map with his big black sharpie...he might draw in a new state and claim its e*******l v**es.

WDCash, you've taken an interesting and very puzzling shot of this heron!

I keep coming back to look at this again and again in an attempt to figure it out...

I believe that you have caught a freaky-timed photo of the wake of the boat you were in, catching the edge of the wake just as it rolls over into the shoreline grass.

Marshall

Thanks, all! Glad you enjoyed the photos.

It's somewhat of a cliche' by now, but still I never get tired of watching herons fishing, and trying to get good photos of them doing it. And further education as to my understanding of heron habits and ways.

This month's camera club competition is "tell a story in three pictures or less" and I picked those first three as my entry.

Marshall

BTW, a fisherman friend of mine ID'd that fish as a good-sized Largemouth Bass.

During this virus pandemic situation I've rarely been going to town, usually just once a week, so Friday I was out and stopped by my favorite local park pond to check on the resident heron.

MarshallSmith-StoryTwo-AdvColor-A by Marshall Smith, on Flickr

He was doing his usual patrol around the bank, wading in the shallow water. Nothing much was happening...and then it was! Out of nowhere he turned and nailed this big one right at his feet.

MarshallSmith-StoryTwo-AdvColor-B by Marshall Smith, on Flickr

As is their normal custom, he took his fish up the bank , dropped it on the ground, and delivered several kill strikes. Then he took it back into the water to wash it off and wet it down prior to swallowing it.

It was quite an arduous job, and several times I thought he couldn't do it and would have to give up. I've heard tales of herons choking themselves to death on too big a fish.

But he persisted and got it down. Took about five minutes from the first strike to the final gulp, but he got it done!

MarshallSmith-StoryTwo-AdvColor-C by Marshall Smith, on Flickr

After all that he made his way to a secluded area of cattails to sit and digest it.

I left and went into town on my errands. Returning later that afternoon he was perched in a walnut tree at the far end of the pond, surveying his domain.

GBHE_WalnutTree30Oct2020 by Marshall Smith, on Flickr



Marshall

Try this one...it's free.

http://www.documentarymania.com/player.php?title=My%20Octopus%20Teacher

Marshall